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Rahul Gandhi to visit the US coinciding Modi's six-day trip

| | Sep 23, 2015, at 04:44 pm
New Delhi, Sept 23 (IBNS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be in United States at the same time as Prime Minister Narendra Modi who starts his six-day trip to the country on Thursday.

"Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is traveling to Aspen, US on a short visit to attend a conference," media reports quoted d Randeep Singh Surjewala, the party media chief, as saying.

He said the  conference is expected to be attended by global leaders from various domains, both from government and private sectors.

The party spoke up about Rahul's visit to shoot down various "rumours" on the unscheduled trip.

"Rahulji is travelling abroad on a short personal visit and will return shortly. We reject all rumours stating otherwise. He will continue to lead the party's Bihar campaign as also in the rest of the country," Surjewala told reporters.

However, the  party has not  mentioned dates about the conference or the duration of the visit.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also be in the USA from Thursday morning and to attend a host of public events including interactions with IT leaders in the Silicon Valley and an interaction with the Indian diaspora apart from meeting heads of government on the sidelines of the annual UN Generally Assembly (UNGA) meet.

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